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Mysterious blasts of radio waves from across the universe called fast radio bursts help astronomers catalog matter. ESO/M. Kornmesser, CC BY-SA

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Most normal matter in the universe isn’t found in planets, stars or galaxies – an astronomer explains where it’s distributed

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Sea-level rise changes coastlines, putting homes at risk, as Summer Haven, Fla., has seen. Aerial Views/E+/Getty Images

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Sea level doesn’t rise at the same rate everywhere – we mapped where Antarctica’s ice melt would have the biggest impact

Climate finance is meant to help low-income countries adapt to climate change and recover from disasters like Hurricane Melissa. Yamil Lage/AFP via Getty Images

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How climate finance to help poor countries became a global shell game – donors have counted fossil fuel projects, airports and even ice cream shops

Pecan pie is a popular holiday treat in the United States. Julie Deshaies/iStock via Getty Images

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How pecans went from ignored trees to a holiday staple – the 8,000-year history of America’s only native major nut

A technician walks through a solar farm in Goma, Congo, in 2025. AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa

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Renewable energy is cheaper and healthier – so why isn’t it replacing fossil fuels faster?

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Walmart tried to make sustainability affordable. Here’s what happened

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Climate change and wildfires – how do we know if there...

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What elephants’ unique brain structures suggest about their mental abilities

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Farmers are drawing groundwater from the giant Ogallala Aquifer faster than...

Staff Writer - August 7, 2018

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A high-adrenaline job: 5 questions answered about fighting wildfires

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Does Monsanto’s Roundup cause cancer? Trial highlights the difficulty of proving...

Staff Writer - August 4, 2018

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A perfect storm of factors is making wildfires bigger and more...

Staff Writer - July 31, 2018

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Yes, humans are depleting Earth’s resources, but ‘footprint’ estimates don’t tell...

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Sea-level rise changes coastlines, putting homes at risk, as Summer Haven, Fla., has seen. Aerial Views/E+/Getty Images

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Sea level doesn’t rise at the same rate everywhere – we...

Staff Writer - November 25, 2025

Shaina Sadai, Five College Consortium and Ambarish Karmalkar, University of Rhode Island When polar ice sheets melt, the effects...

Pennsylvania is home to a diverse range of wild mushrooms, both edible and poisonous. Vaivirga/iStock/Getty Images Plus

Mid-Atlantic mushroom foragers collect 160 species for food, medicine, art and science

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Climate finance is meant to help low-income countries adapt to climate change and recover from disasters like Hurricane Melissa. Yamil Lage/AFP via Getty Images

How climate finance to help poor countries became a global shell...

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Pecan pie is a popular holiday treat in the United States. Julie Deshaies/iStock via Getty Images

How pecans went from ignored trees to a holiday staple –...

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These faces are fake – generated by artificial intelligence – but useful for training other AI systems about human faces. David Beniaguev

When fake data is a good thing – how synthetic data...

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